In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. – George Orwell
He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him. – George Orwell
In our age there is no such thing as keeping out of politics. All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia. – George Orwell
The AIDS epidemic has rolled back a big rotting log and revealed all the squirming life underneath it, since it involves, all at once, the main themes of our existence: sex, death, power, money, love, hate, disease and panic. No American phenomenon has been so compelling since the Vietnam War. – Edmund White